Increasingly popular Camassia flowers produce dreamy upright spires of starshaped flowers in shades of blue, violet, and white, suiting formal borders, cottage gardens, meadows, woodland margins, and even pots and containers. They are excellent for attracting pollinators, and at RHS Wisley in Surrey, in the Southeast of England, Camassia flowers are found in both the wildlife garden and in delightful, ethereal swathes across the meadow.

In early May, we also admired the beautifully opulent tulip tapestry at RHS Wisley, combining five fabulous tulips: the almostblack ‘Paul Scherer’, vibrant orange ‘Annie Schilder’, elegantly pink ‘Mistress’, pleasingly purple ‘Negrita’ and majestic red ‘Pallada’, all of which would make a fantastic and timeless combination on a smaller scale in a formal, modern or cottage garden.

ATTRIBUTIONS

‘Beautiful Blue Flowers’ Chapter

Vincent van Gogh DgFVFAJo_30MeQ at Google Cultural Institute
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‘Wildlife Garden’ Chapter

Walter Siegmund
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Thayne Tuason
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Location: 47° 36′ 52.81″ N, 120° 40′ 5.96″ W
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‘Camassia Meadow’ Chapter

Thayne Tuason
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Location: 47° 36′ 52.95″ N, 120° 40′ 6.22″ W
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Charles Knowles from Meridian, Idaho Sunrise at Camas Prairie Centennial Park Uploaded by Fredlyfish4
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‘Tulip Tapestry’ Chapter

Vincent van Gogh 1. VG Gallery 2. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection
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Created: The Hague, April 1883

George Hitchcock
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Claude Monet The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVDROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:19. Blue Flowers
1:57 Wildlife Garden
3:05 Camassia Meadow
4:55 Tulip Tapestry
5:16 Tulip Paul Scherer
5:39 Tulip Annie Schilder
6:03 Tulip Mistress
6:38 Tulip Negrita
7:11 Tulip Pallada